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Republican Senators Reportedly Using A Bogus Argument To Convince Trump To Exit The Paris Agreement
Republican senators are reportedly planning to send President Trump a legally dubious letter asking him to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement, a historic accord to combat climate change. Although EPA head Scott Pruitt and others have said they want the US to withdraw, Trump faces intense pressure to stay in from China’s President Xi,…
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EPA Head Scott Pruitt Requests A 24/7 Security Detail As He Prepares To Gut The Agency
Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt, who wants to ensure the US doesn’t invest a single dollar in protecting humanity from climate change, nonetheless wants to use the agency’s limited funds to protect himself from other humans.
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New EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Is Never Going To Stand Up To The Fossil Fuel Industry
The existential threat posed by climate change can often obscure the more immediate vulnerabilities that regulatory bodies like the Environmental Protection Agency guard against. As Scott Faber of the nonprofit research organisation Environmental Working Group put it, “The EPA is the only guarantee that when you turn on your tap your water isn’t full of…
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Florida Republican Proposes Bill To Abolish The EPA
There’s been much outrage over the Republican party’s disdain toward the Environmental Protection Agency. Over the weekend, Florida Republican congressman Matt Gaetz presented the most radical idea yet — eliminate the agency entirely. He proposed HR 861, a bill “to terminate the Environmental Protection Agency.”